Sophomore John Brodowski of the Muhlenberg track and field team broke his
own school record in the decathlon,
finishing second at a meet hosted by The College of New Jersey with 6,344
points.

Brodowski broke the record of 6,181 he set earlier this season, slightly
improving his chances of competing in the NCAA Division III Championships.
Brodowski qualified provisionally with both scores. The last day to
qualify is next Sunday.

Senior Kristen Best singled in junior Amanda Ibey in the bottom of the
12th inning to give the Muhlenberg softball team a 6-5 win against Kings
Point in
an elimination game of the NCAA Tournament.

The Mules did not survive their next game, however, as they were shut out
by seventh-ranked Salisbury, 3-0, ending their season with a 16-21 record.

Muhlenberg came back from deficits of 4-0 and 5-4 to send the first game
into
extra innings. Senior Meghan Woods jump-started the Mules, whose first
seven batters were retired, by belting her fifth career home run over the
right-field fence with one out in the third. An infield error, a sacrifice
fly by junior Jackie Maser and a wild pitch later that inning knotted the
score at 4-4.

After the Mariners (16-25) scored in the top of the fourth, Muhlenberg
came right
back to tie the game again. A bunt single by Woods  her 100th career
hit  was a key hit in the frame, helping to set up a bases-loaded
walk.

Tied 5-5 after four innings, the teams battled through seven scoreless
innings. The Mules had runners in scoring position in the sixth, seventh,
ninth and 10th, but could not get a hit to drive in the winning run.
Muhlenberg pitcher Danielle DeLucia was in far less trouble, as she
allowed only two hits over the final eight innings. She did have to work
out of a second-and-third, one-out jam in the 11th, then gave up a single
off the fence in the 12th that missed clearing the fence by inches.

Ibey led off the bottom of the 12th with a single under the third
basemans glove and went to second when junior Kate Dischino walked.
DeLucia sacrificed the runners over and was safe when the second baseman,
covering on the bunt, pulled her foot off the first-base bag too early.
After one out, Best drove a single between short and third to end the
marathon game.

DeLucia went the distance, tying the school record for innings pitched in
a game, and allowed only two earned runs. Junior Nicole Sarno had three of
the Mules 11 hits.

In the second game, Muhlenberg managed only four hits and five baserunners
against a Salisbury team that has allowed only 43 runs in 44 games. Senior
Kelly Berg, playing in the final game of her career, had two of the
Mules four hits.

Muhlenbergs best chance to score came in the fourth, when Maser
doubled for her 100th career hit. The Seagull centerfielder made a diving
catch of a bloop two batters later to preserve the shutout.

Freshman Kristina Cartolano allowed hits in only two of the seven innings,
but Salisbury (39-4-1) bunched five of them in the third inning to score
three runs.